# 興

| 興 | U+8208, &#33288; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8208 |
| ← 與 [U+8207] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 舉 → [U+8209] |

## Translingual
### Han character

興 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹難月金 (HXBC), four-corner 7780$_1$, composition ⿳⿴𦥑同一八)

#### Derived characters

* 嬹, 䕟, 𦧅, 𠔻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1005, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30226
* Dae Jaweon: page 1461, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 253, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8208

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 興 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 興 | *qʰɯŋ, *qʰɯŋs |
| 臖 | *qʰɯŋs |
| 嬹 | *qʰɯŋs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 舁 (“to raise”) + 同 (“together”) – to hold up together.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīng (xing$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hîn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hin$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): héng
* Eastern Min (BUC): hĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hing$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): heng / hin
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sing
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^1$
*** Yale: syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
*** Palladius: син (sin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^1$
*** Yale: hīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: hin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: héng
*** Sinological IPA : /xeiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /hiŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng
*** Tâi-lô: hing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hefng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hin
*** Tâi-lô: hin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hyn
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hin⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hêng$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: heng
*** Sinological IPA : /heŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$shin
*** MiniDict: shin$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit興 (興旺) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕiŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɕiŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕiŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕĩn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕĩ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɕin³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕin²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕiŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕĩŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕin³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕaŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕin¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕin³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕin³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕin⁴²/ ～國縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hin⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hin²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /heŋ⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /heŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiŋ⁵⁵/ /hin⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xeiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /heŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /heŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: xing
Rime :
| Character | 興 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 虚陵切 |
| Baxter | xing |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hiŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /xiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)əŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 興 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xīng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xing › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰ(r)əŋ/ |
| English | lift, rise |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 興 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13858 |
| Phonetic component | 興 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 興 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰɯŋ/ |

#### Definitions

興
* to rise; to get up
* to thrive; to prosper; to flourish
* prosperous; flourishing
* to be popular; to be fashionable
       nei$^1$ paai$^4$ baai$^2$ zau$^2$ m$^4$ hing$^1$ sik$^6$ jyu$^4$ ci$^3$. [Jyutping]
       These days, shark fin soup isn't popular in banquets.
* to start; to build; to establish
* to elect; to promote
* to succeed; to achieve success
* to send; to dispatch; to launch; to mount
* to collect; to recruit
* to do; to perform
* to advocate; to encourage
* to indulge; to spoil
* (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to allow; to permit
* maybe; perhaps
* (Teochew) lucky; fortunate
* a surname

#### Descendants

* → Thai: เฮง (heng) (via Teochew)
* → Khmer: ហេង (heng)

#### Compounds

* 一言興邦 / 一言兴邦 (yīyánxīngbāng)
* 不作興 / 不作兴
* 不興 / 不兴 (bùxīng)
* 並興 / 并兴 (bìngxīng)
* 中興 / 中兴 (zhōngxīng)
* 事修而謗興，德高而毀來 / 事修而谤兴，德高而毁来
* 人扶人興 / 人扶人兴
* 代興 / 代兴
* 仰屋興嘆 / 仰屋兴叹
* 作興 / 作兴
* 偃武興文 / 偃武兴文
* 僨興 / 偾兴
* 光武中興 / 光武中兴
* 內興安嶺 / 内兴安岭
* 創業興家 / 创业兴家
* 勃興 / 勃兴 (bóxīng)
* 博興 / 博兴 (Bóxīng)
* 吳興縣 / 吴兴县
* 嘉興 / 嘉兴 (Jiāxīng)
* 國家興亡，匹夫有責 / 国家兴亡，匹夫有责
* 夙興 / 夙兴
* 夙興夜寐 / 夙兴夜寐 (sùxīngyèmèi)
* 多難興邦 / 多难兴邦 (duōnànxīngbāng)
* 大興 / 大兴 (dàxīng)
* 大興土木 / 大兴土木 (dàxīngtǔmù)
* 大興安嶺 / 大兴安岭 (Dàxīng'ānlǐng)
* 天下興亡，匹夫有責 / 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 (tiānxià xīngwáng, pǐfū yǒuzé)
* 太平興國 / 太平兴国 (Tàipíng Xīngguó)
* 太興 / 太兴
* 妖由人興 / 妖由人兴
* 姚興 / 姚兴
* 宜興壺 / 宜兴壶
* 宜興瓷 / 宜兴瓷
* 宜興縣 / 宜兴县
* 家和萬事興 / 家和万事兴 (jiā hé wànshì xīng)
* 寶興 / 宝兴
* 小興安嶺 / 小兴安岭 (Xiǎoxīng'ānlǐng)
* 復興 / 复兴 (fùxīng)
* 復興基地 / 复兴基地
* 復興崗 / 复兴岗
* 成敗興廢 / 成败兴废
* 振興 / 振兴 (zhènxīng)
* 撥亂興治 / 拨乱兴治
* 文藝復興 / 文艺复兴 (Wényì Fùxīng)
* 新興 / 新兴
* 新興國 / 新兴国
* 方興日盛 / 方兴日盛
* 方興未艾 / 方兴未艾 (fāngxīngwèi'ài)
* 昧旦晨興 / 昧旦晨兴
* 時興 / 时兴 (shíxīng)
* 晨興夜寐 / 晨兴夜寐
* 有例不滅，無例不興 / 有例不灭，无例不兴
* 望洋興歎 / 望洋兴叹 (wàngyángxīngtàn)
* 未艾方興 / 未艾方兴
* 歐洲復興計畫 / 欧洲复兴计画
* 止戈興仁 / 止戈兴仁
* 民族復興運動 / 民族复兴运动
* 治亂興亡 / 治乱兴亡
* 白手興家 / 白手兴家 (báishǒuxīngjiā)
* 百廢俱興 / 百废俱兴 (bǎifèijùxīng)
* 盛衰興廢 / 盛衰兴废
* 睹物興悲 / 睹物兴悲
* 睹物興情 / 睹物兴情
* 禍亂交興 / 祸乱交兴
* 空興頭 / 空兴头
* 紹興 / 绍兴 (Shàoxīng)
* 紹興師爺 / 绍兴师爷
* 紹興縣 / 绍兴县
* 紹興酒 / 绍兴酒 (Shàoxīngjiǔ)
* 繼絕興亡 / 继绝兴亡
* 興中會 / 兴中会
* 興亡 / 兴亡 (xīngwáng)
* 興亡繼絕 / 兴亡继绝
* 興仁 / 兴仁 (Xīngrén)
* 興作 / 兴作
* 興修 / 兴修 (xīngxiū)
* 興兵 / 兴兵 (xīngbīng)
* 興兵動眾 / 兴兵动众
* 興凱湖 / 兴凯湖 (Xīngkǎi Hú)
* 興利 / 兴利
* 興利剔弊 / 兴利剔弊
* 興利除害 / 兴利除害
* 興利除弊 / 兴利除弊
* 興動 / 兴动
* 興化戲 / 兴化戏 (Xīnghuàxì)
* 興和 / 兴和
* 興嗟 / 兴嗟
* 興嘆 / 兴叹 (xīngtàn)
* 興國安邦 / 兴国安邦
* 興奮 / 兴奋 (xīngfèn)
* 興奮劑 / 兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì)
* 興妖作孽 / 兴妖作孽
* 興妖作怪 / 兴妖作怪
* 興學 / 兴学 (xīngxué)
* 興安嶺 / 兴安岭 (Xīng'ānlǐng)
* 興安省 / 兴安省
* 興家立業 / 兴家立业
* 興工 / 兴工 (xīnggōng)
* 興師 / 兴师 (xīngshī)
* 興席 / 兴席
* 興師動眾 / 兴师动众 (xīngshīdòngzhòng)
* 興師問罪 / 兴师问罪
* 興師見罪 / 兴师见罪
* 興平 / 兴平 (Xīngpíng)
* 興廢 / 兴废 (xīngfèi)
* 興廢存亡 / 兴废存亡
* 興廢繼絕 / 兴废继绝
* 興建 / 兴建 (xīngjiàn)
* 興微繼絕 / 兴微继绝
* 興心 / 兴心
* 興戎 / 兴戎
* 興文匽武 / 兴文匽武
* 興旺 / 兴旺 (xīngwàng)
* 興替 / 兴替 (xīngtì)
* 興滅繼絕 / 兴灭继绝
* 興滅舉廢 / 兴灭举废
* 興盛 / 兴盛 (xīngshèng)
* 興築 / 兴筑 (xīngzhù)
* 興華 / 兴华 (Xīnghuá)
* 興衰 / 兴衰 (xīngshuāi)
* 興許 / 兴许 (xīngxǔ)
* 興訟 / 兴讼
* 興詞 / 兴词
* 興販 / 兴贩
* 興起 / 兴起
* 興辦 / 兴办 (xīngbàn)
* 興邦 / 兴邦 (xīngbāng)
* 興邦立國 / 兴邦立国
* 興都庫什山 / 兴都库什山
* 興都斯坦 / 兴都斯坦 (Xīngdūsītǎn)
* 興隆 / 兴隆 (xīnglóng)
* 興雲作雨 / 兴云作雨
* 興雲作霧 / 兴云作雾
* 興雲吐霧 / 兴云吐雾
* 興雲布雨 / 兴云布雨
* 興雲致雨 / 兴云致雨
* 興革 / 兴革
* 興風 / 兴风
* 興風作浪 / 兴风作浪 (xīngfēngzuòlàng)
* 興騰 / 兴腾
* 茂興 / 茂兴
* 華興會 / 华兴会
* 賓興 / 宾兴
* 迭興 / 迭兴
* 除患興利 / 除患兴利
* 隆興 / 隆兴
* 雙興 / 双兴 (Shuāngxīng)
* 雲興霞蔚 / 云兴霞蔚
* 電視興奮症 / 电视兴奋症
* 風興雲蒸 / 风兴云蒸
* 駿業宏興 / 骏业宏兴
* 黃興 / 黄兴
* 龍興之地 / 龙兴之地 (lóngxīngzhīdì)
* 龍興鳳舉 / 龙兴凤举

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìng (xing$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hin / him
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): héng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hing$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hèng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìng
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^4$
*** Yale: syìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq
*** Palladius: син (sin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^3$
*** Yale: hing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hin / him
*** Hakka Romanization System: hin / him
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hin$^4$ / him$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin⁵⁵/, /him⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /hin⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: héng
*** Sinological IPA : /hɛiŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng
*** Tâi-lô: hìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hexng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hêng$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hèng
*** Sinological IPA : /heŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shin
*** MiniDict: shin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit興 (高興) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɕiŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕiŋ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕiŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕĩn¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕiŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕin⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕin¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕin²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕĩ¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɕin⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕin⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕiŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiŋ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕin⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕin⁴⁴⁵⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕaŋ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiʌ̃³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕin⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕin⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hin⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /heŋ³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /heŋ³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hiŋ³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hɛiŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xeiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /heŋ²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /heŋ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: xingH
Rime :
| Character | 興 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許應切 |
| Baxter | xingH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hɨŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xieŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hiŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiəŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭəŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯əŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 興 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13859 |
| Phonetic component | 興 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 興 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰɯŋs/ |

#### Definitions

興
* excitement; interest; mood in doing something
    高興／高兴 ― gāoxìng ― happy [lit. high mood]
* sensual desire; sexual desire; passion
* (obsolete or Min) to like; to be fond of; to love
* to liken; to analogise
* (rhetoric) metaphor
* (poetry) association; speaking first of something else to lead up to the main theme
* (Suzhounese) bustling; lively
    Synonym: 熱鬧 / 热闹 (Standard)
       From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 20
       It's Sunday today, the road ahead is very lively and it's not easily traversable.

#### Compounds

* 不高興 / 不高兴 (bùgāoxìng)
* 乘興 / 乘兴 (chéngxìng)
* 乘興而來 / 乘兴而来
* 儘興 / 尽兴 (jǐnxìng)
* 助興 / 助兴 (zhùxìng)
* 動興 / 动兴
* 即興 / 即兴 (jíxìng)
* 即興表演 / 即兴表演
* 寄興 / 寄兴
* 幫興 / 帮兴
* 意興 / 意兴 (yìxìng)
* 感興 / 感兴 (gǎnxìng)
* 意興索然 / 意兴索然
* 意興闌珊 / 意兴阑珊 (yìxìnglánshān)
* 掃興 / 扫兴
* 敗興 / 败兴 (bàixìng)
* 新興 / 新兴
* 春興 / 春兴
* 比興 / 比兴 (bǐxìng)
* 比顯興隱 / 比显兴隐
* 沒興 / 没兴
* 沒興頭 / 没兴头
* 盡興 / 尽兴 (jìnxìng)
* 索興 / 索兴
* 背興 / 背兴 (bèixìng)
* 興之所至 / 兴之所至 (xìngzhīsuǒzhì)
* 興匆匆 / 兴匆匆
* 興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
* 興味盎然 / 兴味盎然
* 興味索然 / 兴味索然 (xìngwèisuǒrán)
* 興復不淺 / 兴复不浅
* 興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì)
* 興會淋漓 / 兴会淋漓
* 興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)
* 興盡 / 兴尽
* 興盡悲來 / 兴尽悲来
* 興盡意闌 / 兴尽意阑
* 興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
* 興致勃勃 / 兴致勃勃 (xìngzhìbóbó)
* 興致勃發 / 兴致勃发
* 興致盎然 / 兴致盎然
* 興致索然 / 兴致索然
* 興興頭頭 / 兴兴头头
* 興起 / 兴起
* 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)
* 興頭 / 兴头 (xìngtóu)
* 興高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè)
* 觸興 / 触兴
* 託物寓興 / 托物寓兴
* 詩興 / 诗兴
* 談興 / 谈兴
* 豪興 / 豪兴 (háoxìng)
* 賦比興 / 赋比兴 (fùbǐxìng)
* 起興 / 起兴
* 逸興 / 逸兴
* 遊興 / 游兴 (yóuxìng)
* 遣興 / 遣兴
* 遣興陶情 / 遣兴陶情
* 酒興 / 酒兴 (jiǔxìng)
* 隨興 / 随兴 (suíxìng)
* 雅興 / 雅兴 (yǎxìng)
* 雜興 / 杂兴
* 餘興 / 余兴 (yúxìng)
* 餘興節目 / 余兴节目
* 高情逸興 / 高情逸兴
* 高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)
* 高高興興 / 高高兴兴 (gāogāoxìngxìng)
* 鼓興 / 鼓兴

### References

* ↑ Headley, R. K. 1977. Cambodian-English Dictionary. Catholic University Press. SEAlang Library Khmer.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* entertain
* revive
* retrieve
* interest
* pleasure

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
* Kun: おこる (okoru, 興る, Jōyō)、おこす (okosu, 興す, Jōyō)、おきる (okiru)

### Noun

興(きょう) • (kyō)
* entertainment; pleasure; interest

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 興 (MC xing).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 흐ᇰ (Yale: hung) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 흥 (hung)$^訓$ (Yale: hung) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [xɯŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [흥]

#### Hanja

Wikisource 興 (eumhun 일 흥 (il heung))
* hanja form of 흥 (“to rise; to get up”)
* hanja form of 흥 (“to thrive; to prosper; to flourish”)

#### Compounds

* 대흥 (大興, daeheung)
* 부흥 (復興, buheung)
* 불흥 (不興, bulheung)
* 신흥 (新興, sinheung)
* 즉흥 (卽興, jeukheung)
* 진흥 (振興, jinheung)
* 흥감 (興感, heunggam)
* 흥국 (興國, heungguk)
* 흥기 (興起, heunggi)
* 흥륭 (興隆, heungnyung)
* 흥망 (興亡, heungmang)
* 흥미 (興味, heungmi)
* 흥분 (興奮, heungbun)
* 흥성 (興盛, heungseong)
* 흥업 (興業, heung'eop)
* 흥왕 (興旺, heung'wang)
* 흥작 (興作, heungjak)
* 흥행 (興行, heunghaeng)
* 흥회 (興懷, heunghoe)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 興 (MC xingH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 흐ᇰ〮 (Yale: húng) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [xɯ(ː)ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [흥(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Hanja

興 (eumhun 흥취(興趣) 흥)
* hanja form of 흥 (“interest”)
* hanja form of 흥 (“excitement; fun; joy; pleasure”)

#### Compounds

* 감흥 (感興, gamheung)
* 고흥 (高興, goheung)
* 광흥 (狂興, gwangheung)
* 여흥 (餘興, yeoheung)
* 유흥 (遊興, yuheung)
* 작흥 (作興, jakheung)
* 취흥 (醉興, chwiheung)
* 흥미 (興味, heungmi)
* 흥취 (興趣, heungchwi)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

興: Hán Nôm readings: hưng, hăng, hên, hứng
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